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(Believe it or not, I’m still kind of around. There’s been a lot going on IRL and I just simply haven’t had the time to do askblogging or anything like that, but everything’s still on my mind.

Here’s a bit of teaser/lore stuff for Mochi and Mega Evolution that I just never got to, so enjoy!)

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Trump isn't guaranteed to win this year's presidential election because he's been shot at. In 2020, Trump supporters voted in heavy numbers, but guess what? They still lost because we outvoted them. 

Do I want to vote for Biden? No, but I will since no third-party candidate has a winning chance, and I don't want Trump to be president again. Unless y'all are gonna overthrow the American political system and government, we need to vote.

It's normal to be terrified about this presidential election, but don't allow it to stop you from voting and trying to stop that orange fucker from returning to office.

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[Aimless]

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Happy Munday! The many moods of Molly.

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Lief: "Oh, brother. More dreamers... well, someone has to give it to you straight, huh?" He tapped his foot as he scrutinized the duo. Apparently the Buizel's idea of wanting to become a rescue team really set off an urge to criticize it. "First of all, I think your buddy has a point. If you wanna do something good for the world or make a name for yourself, you don't need a badge or a fancy title. Second, what kind of work will you even be doing? Are you even prepared for that? Do you even know?"

River turns to leave, walking towards the dunes away from the water. He looks mildly upset, clearly trying to put on a brave and unbothered face as he walks. Molly looks between her friend and the newcomer, a frown appearing on her own face as she turns. A dark expression moves across her face for a moment as she shoots an intimidating look.

“Don’t you EVER talk down on his dream again.”

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[A quick WIP of what’s coming up! Work’s been crazy so I haven’t gotten around to drawing as much as I want to, but I’m plugging away at another post soon!]

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>BOREAL: wow this beach is so nice it's so good for sand cast… OH hello there!! Sorry I didn't mean to interrupt!! Were you playing in the sand??? Or do you live around here?? It looks like such a nice area!

River gives the Shinx a huge smile, gesturing to the sandy beaches around him. “Nah, we don’t live on the beach or anything, we’re just here to think and talk!” He lowers his voice slightly, almost conspiratorially.

“Between you and me, I think that Molly was playing in the sand earlier. Don’t tell her I said that, she likes to pretend to be tough. She’s not a huge fan of the water, so getting her to the beach in the first place is a big deal.”

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@blazing-destiny Darren:

The reboot walks up to the pair with his hands in his pockets

Could hear you two talking nearby. If I didn't know any better it sounds like you want to form an exploration team? Could be wrong though.

Molly lets out the tiniest of sighs, nodding to her fellow Raboot. “River’s got it in his head that we’re going to take the Rescue Team world by storm and are gonna be the best ones out there.” She rolls her eyes, seeming to both be fond and annoyed at the same time. “The goal is to see if we’re cut out for one to start with. Apply with the nearby Guild and see what they have to say about it.” She lets out a small chuckle at this. “He can be so one minded when it comes to things like this.”

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[Reblogging over here for everyone!]

(@ask-the-shiny-pokemons) Layrian approaches those two as he overheard them talking about job. "Heeey! How's goin'? I heard you talk about about "earning money"... Where exactly you wanna work? Please don't say "Casta Records..."

“Molly an’ I are gonna go be a Rescue Team! There’s good money in it an’ it sounds like a lot of fun. The Guild near us is lookin’ to hire some new Teams soon, so we’re gonna go try out!” He puffs his chest out, acting tough and gruff. “We’re gonna be the best team out there, an’ we’re gonna take the whole Rescue world by storm! Everyone soon will hear about Team Slipstream!”

He looks to his partner, who appears to have not been listening. “At least that’s the plan. We’re gonna have to work hard, but we’re no strangers to hard work.”

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Come check out my new ask blog! It’ll be fun!

Two Pokemon sit on a beach, watching the sun sparkling over the water. They seem to be in a conversation, talking animatedly to each other.

“C’mon Molly! It’ll be fun! We can go and register right now and be done with it! Then we’ll be official, we can earn money and standing and everything!”

“I know that, River. But then we’ll have to do more work and have a schedule and have to answer to people. Why can’t we just keep doing our own thing?”

Even though the two of them are chatting, they seem approachable! River and Molly are available for asks!

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Some Kaya. Work’s been super busy, so I haven’t had enough time to work on everything that I want to. Still working on a few updates but unfortunately don’t have a timetable yet!

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Community PSA

[ This is only part of the full PSA (including evidence) which you can find here ]

Content Warnings

Grooming, Victim blaming, Harassment, Sexual abuse, Suicide / Self-harm mention, Emotional / Mental abuse mention

Introduction

Some of you may know about the PSA that circulated a few months ago regarding The-House-of-Hemingway’s relationship and unacceptable sexual interactions with someone who was a minor. Hemingway now goes by C-a-l-y-p-s-o. This post will discuss the details of the PSA, as well as this user’s concerning past and present behavior. 

To the best of the ability of those responsible for this document, the username will continually be updated so that this person cannot interact with members of this community again without disclosing who they are, regardless if the interaction is safe-for-work or not.

The following post is intended to bring awareness to someone who is

Confirmed to be a groomer.

Attempting to convince members of the pokeask community that they have “changed” but is clearly trying to win favor with you.

A risk to the community, cannot be safely trusted, and needs to exit community spaces.

Disclaimers 

Harassment of Calypso in any form is unacceptable behavior. The purpose of this post is to inform. This is not a call for hostile action beyond a block on every social media possible. 

Please respect the victim’s boundaries and do not badger them for further details than what has been disclosed. While disagreement and discussion is OK, please keep your comments outside of tumblr and public discord servers. 

If harassment occurs, the names of any individuals who dogpile, send death threats to, or doxx those involved with this situation will also be listed (with concrete evidence only) on this document. 

TL;DR

Tumblr user @C-a-l-y-p-s-o, previously known as the mod behind the pokeask blog “house-of-hemingway,” is a confirmed groomer who has deleted their admission of guilt to save face.

Calypso has violated a boundary that is expected between a victim and an abuser by leveraging themselves into positions of authority (server moderators, event leaders, etc.)

Calypso has broken promises made to their peers over the course of their internet presence, changing names and website profiles/identities in order to escape the responsibility for their actions.

Calypso is attempting to fall back into good graces by sending copy-pasted positivity asks on mundays to sweep their notoriety under the rug. 

This document will contain proof of the above in exhaustive detail under the “readmore”, or if you are viewing this in the public google document form, it will be under the resources.

We are using this as an opportunity to take a firm stance against grooming in the community, and to express our support for survivors. Our goal is to address the circumstances under which it happens with preventive guidelines and trauma-informed resources.

Resources & Education

What does grooming look like? A quick guide written by survivors of abuse within the Pokeask community:

The adult may not approach you with the intention of grooming you. 

The objective of grooming is for an adult to turn their bond with a minor into a transactional relationship; circumstances in which the minor is providing something for them— whether that be emotional support or sexual gratification— and normalizes breaking boundaries to do so.

Though they may not realize they are blurring or overstepping your boundaries, the effect is still the same; they are desensitizing you to unfair and inappropriate treatment.

Many adults deal with mental illness, go through hard times, and struggle with loneliness. If you’re acquaintances or friends, you naturally might want to support them, “fix” their problems, or do them favors because they’ve been nice to you or because they’re not being malicious.

But ultimately, prioritizing their wellbeing compromises your own, well-meaning or not. That is what an imbalanced power dynamic looks like, and it is up to the adult to realize this, acknowledge it, and seek out other outlets, resources, people, and help available to them. 

A responsible adult does not take advantage of your availability when given the opportunity to do so over other appropriate choices, no matter what. 

The adult may expect you to be available at all times.

Guilt-tripping when you do not respond to their messages, spamming your DMs, or demanding that you spend most of your online time with them. 

Making time for them might mean you end up spending less time with your friends and become distant from others in your social circle. 

A red flag to look for is if they call you their “best / closest friend” over other adult relationships in their life.

The adult may put the burden of their mental health or well-being on you. 

This can include constant venting / oversharing, validation seeking, or coming to you when they are in a mental health crisis. This can happen in private dms or in public servers. 

Remember, no one individual is responsible for managing a loved one’s mental health, and it is not OK to expect a teenager to intervene when someone is threatening suicide or self-harm. That is for a trained professional to handle.

The adult may invite you into unmoderated spaces with other adults. 

They might have “lighthearted” conversations with you or in front of you about sexual content, flirt with you, share explicit images / memes where you can see them, ask to role-play erotic scenarios with your ocs, or draw NSFW / suggestive art of your ocs / sona. 

Red flags to look for are adults telling you that you are mature for your age, asking you to keep their interactions with you a secret, or interacting inappropriately with you in voice call so that there is no chat log of what they’ve said.

You do not owe your followers or fans your attention if you feel uncomfortable.

A friendship between two artists or between you and a fan of your work should not involve any pressure to reciprocate gift art, respond to asks, or role-play.

If someone crosses your boundaries based on a perceived parasocial relationship with you, or makes you feel guilty for not interacting with them, you are in your full right to block them.

If you suspect an ask is a covert fetish, such as asking you to draw an overly specific subject or situation, report them to an adult in the community.

Similarly, if someone you are a fan of is crossing your boundaries, take a step back to evaluate whether you would be OK with it if they were not someone you admire. 

Just because someone is popular, skilled at art, widely respected, or well-liked does not give them the right to treat you in the ways listed above. 

Listen to your gut; if you feel uncomfortable or unsafe, but are doubting your feelings because you look up to the person you’re interacting with, take a step back and tell someone you trust. No friendship is worth being treated this way.

If you suspect you were groomed in the past, or are wondering if a relationship you have with an adult is inappropriate, please look through the information linked in this section. Hotlines, counseling and self-help resources for survivors are listed here as well. 

List of Hotlines by Country | 1, 2 

Global Online Image (CSAM) Removal | 1, 2

Education & Resources | UK, CA, AUS, US (eng, esp)

Online Image Removal | UK, CA, AUS

LGBT+ Specific | UK, CA, AUS, US

BIPOC Specific | UK, CA, AUS, US

United Kingdom

Crisis Support & Counseling (Email, Phone, Text, Video Call; Eng & BSL)

Canada

Counseling (Phone, Text; Eng, Fr, Indigenous languages, Other languages, ASL)

Crisis Support (Phone; First Nations responders available)

Australia

Crisis Support & Counseling (Phone, Text, Other; Several languages available; Aboriginal responders available; Auslan)

United States

Crisis Support & Counseling (Phone, Text, Other; Several languages available; Indigenous responders available; ASL)

About the bill to pressure American corporations to remove reported CSAM from their websites

Coming forward about abuse can be re-traumatizing and difficult, but it can also be healing and liberating— It allows for a survivor to be in charge of their narrative and to lead the conversation surrounding their trauma. 

Sometimes, it takes years to recognize trauma or past abuse, let alone to be ready to publicly talk about it. It is validating to finally be able to say, “This happened to me. I survived it. I deserved better.” to the world. 

Trauma follows us for a long time. No matter how much time has passed, a victim has the right to disclose their abuse and hold their abuser accountable. It is our responsibility to listen. https://metoomvmt.org/

Full PSA with evidence continued here…

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[OOC Post]

An upcoming character named Phoebe! She works at an Oversight Committee that Nora is going to have to deal with for [a reason].

Suggestions for her two Pokemon? She's not a Trainer, so she doesn't really do battles or anything.

Might do more of these OOC posts to keep myself active with this! I have a lot of ideas, but not a lot of time at the moment >.>

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(ooc) Goodness! I hate to hear how bored you've been. That's always the worst feeling. What do you normally do when your shifts get busy? Do any dangers arise frequently around here?

"Normally a daily shift would be reading the reports from the night before...if there are any...then going on patrol a few times, which is just a circuit of the Forest, checking for anyone doing anything they aren't supposed to do." Nora heaves a sigh. "As for danger? The worst we have is an angry Pokemon, but they've never bothered me at all..."

A noise from the forest cut her off, catching her attention as something zipped towards her from the trees.

Nora grins, tightening the belt of Pokeballs around her waist, a look of determination on her face. "Let's go, then."

[Flux the Rotom is Now Available for Asks!]

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Aren't you a little over qualified to be guarding Eterna Forest?

Nora frowns at the question, seeming to not have fully considered it. The Rangers take from all walks of life, and all qualifications too. She was picked for her prowess with handling Wild Pokemon and dealing with the occasional person who thought that the "No-Catch Zones" of the forest applied to them.

If the question was about her full case of gym badges, she considers that to be in the past, a relic of a time long before if she was feeling poetic. Her qualifications in that sense were in spades, a top Trainer that could have gone through the League if she had wanted to. But that was another matter entirely. Thinking about Gym Badges in adulthood was like earning a varsity letter in high school. They don't really mean all too much other than being a cool story to tell someone.

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Easy Asks for Tired Muns

1.  Do you have a favorite type of dishware? Not just vague stuff like cups or plates, but the type it

2. Favorite type of rock/crystal?

3. Favorite conspiracy theory? (not necessarily one you believe)

4. Are there any goals you have for the day?

5. Do you have a favorite set of colors to pair together?

6. How do you feel about nature?

7. Ever tried to write a character, but couldn't? Why?

8. Do you prefer movies/tv, reading, or videogames and what's your favorite movie, book, or game?

9. How do you feel about bugs? Have a favorite? Have one you hate?

10. Favorite element and why? Can be earth, wind, etc or it can me favorite element on the Periodic Table, up to mun

11. Not a question! List 5 things you like about yourself!

12. Wildcard- Make your own question!

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(@ask-team-searchlights) Saltriv@Nora: "Hi! What's it like being a ranger? Is it similar to being in a rescue team or a search party?"

"It can be at times! I'm not quite sure what a rescue team is, but we do offer help for people and Pokemon who get stuck in the woods. You won't believe how many times someone forgets to bring a Pokemon with Cut or the like, and we have to bail them out."

Nora lets out a small sigh, pushing through some undergrowth.

"But for the most part, it's 90% boring stuff. Paperwork and the like. Filing for grants so I can afford to get paid. Or fix that sign out front..."

Another small sigh, her hand dropping to the belt with her Pokeballs on it.

"I do miss doing things like battling. Sometimes we get a poacher in the forest, but they generally run."